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TIL: Sperm whales’ clicks are powerful enough to penetrate and vibrate your entire body to death.

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wL5a1 TIL in 2001, drug kingpin El Chapo escaped from prison in a dirty laundry basket. After bribing multiple guards, he was wheeled out of prison hidden inside it. The escape allegedly cost him over $2.5m. Over 70 guards were implicated including the warden, who's now in prison for the part he played.
N8Kb TIL Adam Sandler won both the worst actor and actress Razzie awards for his movie Jack and Jill
jZWE TIL there is a satalite time capsule that will be launched in 2014 and orbit the Earth for 50,000 years. Every person on Earth is invited to leave a message in the capsule via its website
l709K TIL The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad as a tourist attraction in Dillsboro, North Carolina.
xVlg0 TIL that the instant noodle was invented during a period of food shortages in Japan following WWII. After the Japanese health ministry supplied the population with wheat flour and asked them to make bread, Momofuku Ando instead decided on making noodles (which were more familiar) that would last.